The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things

Reviewed By: Shanaya Fambro

Author & Illustrator: Dayle Ann Dodds & Julie Lacome

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-School- 1^st grade

Common Core Content Standards Addressed

CCSS.Math.Content.PK.G.A.2

Correctly name shapes regardless of size.

CCSS.Math.Content.PK.G.B.3

Analyze, compare, and sort two- and three-dimensional shapes and objects, in different sizes, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences and other attributes.

Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practices

CCSS.Math.Practice.MP.4

Model with mathematics.

Summary:

This book uniquely introduce the concepts of shapes and the different things we can make using shapes. It Shows our uses for shapes in our every day life that we would not think of. Turning a square into a house or a diamond into a kite. It even rhymes to help grasp the children’s attention. One page shows the shape while the other page shows the new creation using the shape and in some cases many shapes to make up one thing. At the end of the story, there’s a carnival showing many different shapes.

Rating:

This book should be rated 5 stars. It can be used with many different ages, and can show each age group something different. It is not only for math, but can be used with art as well. It can bring out the artistic in a child.

Classroom Ideas:

1.    Children can use shapes to create models (robots, houses, etc.) similar to in the book.

2.    Children can identify the amount of sides shapes have and their names.

3.    Children can sort shapes.